The answer is chicken stock (or chicken broth). With most of the sauce made of stock, and only a small amount of cream, you can still have the creamy sauce with less than half the fat of a regular cream base.

Wash chicken cutlets and thoroughly pat dry with paper towel. Season with salt. Melt the butter in a large oven-proof frying pan (or skillet) on medium heat. Place the chicken cutlets, skin side down, and fry until golden and crisp (place a lid on the frying pan to avoid the fat from the chicken spitting all over the stove). Turn chicken and continue to fry until browned. Take off the heat; transfer chicken onto a plate and drain most of the fat from the pan (leave about 2 tablespoons of the oil for flavour).

Return the pan to the stove and reduce heat to low. Add the chopped onion, minced and crushed garlic, paprika and lemon pepper (if using) to the oil left in the pan, occasionally stirring until garlic is fragrant and onion is transparent. Season with salt to taste and add in the thyme.

At this point, preheat your oven to grill/broil setting on medium heat.

Pour in the stock/broth, cream and lemon juice and bring to a slow simmer. Return the chicken back into the pan; cover with lid and allow to simmer gently in the sauce for a further 10 minutes, or until cooked through.

Place the pan into the oven and allow the skin to crisp up (it takes about 5 minutes).

Hi Dan. Chicken breasts are fine to use in this recipe also! They won’t need as long as thighs. I’d say 8 minutes less than the normal cooking time. I’d even suggest cooking them stove top only as they cook much faster than bone-in thighs 🙂

This recipe was excellent , but my to taste it was a little to tart so I added 2 table spoons of honey. The family absolutely raved about it, so Karina big thanks to you and I can highly recommend this recipe to anyone.

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